Lynn Rossing grew up in Southwest Portland, and now lives, works, and volunteers here. This blog spotlights the often unseen or uncelebrated corners of urban life in Southwest Portland, Oregon neighborhoods, with a particular focus on local history and community planning.
If you’re not familiar with Southwest Portland, it’s easy to oversimplify its character. Some think of it as where the wealthy live in exclusive hillside mansions, or as a morass of strip malls and automobile-centric development projects, or as an unchartable land of unending switchbacks and inexplicably dead-end streets. But those with an attentive disposition will find much to appreciate and explore in these neighborhoods. Grassroots placemaking projects, urban hiking trails that take you 500 feet in the air, and mid-century roadside motels offer glimpses of Southwest’s diverse history and strong community spirit. Here, innovation and community co-mingle with their surroundings, painting a landscape of uniquely Portland character.
Noticing SW Portland has been featured on OregonLive.com, and can be followed via Facebook and PortlandNeighborhood.com.
Thanks to the following people for their assistance:
Katy Rossing
Garry Rossing
Don Baack
Lynn:
Sheila just noted in an email this blog, one I will enjoy more once the @#$%^&*() taxes are done. Thanks so much for your help with the HNA minutes. We had a lively April 6 HNA meeting, as you can tell from Carolyn Raz’s notes and Rick’s Hillsdale News articles.
Thanks, Robert. Good luck with taxes. Wishing you many happy refunds! Lynn